"He's coming fast." Xiao Xiao's voice smiled, looked back at Qin Yining and said, "Do you want to watch a good show?" ”

"I've already watched it just now, wouldn't it be a pity not to continue watching it this time?" Qin Yining said with a smile, "But I don't think that Yang Governor is innocent, the Holy Lord ordered the military salary to be raised locally, as the prefect, is he completely ignorant of the military salary?" Presumably, he knew what Lu Zhang's methods were, and he should have heard of the exact number of them. But he kept ignoring it, just waiting for a guy to come to the old capital, so that he could take himself out. ”

Thinking about what Governor Yang did, and then thinking about his very contrasting approach, and the girl he saw when he went to Yang's house that day, Qin Yining seemed to have some thoughts in his mind, but he didn't really grasp them.

Seeing her slow pace, Xiao Xiao asked, "But what do you think?" ”

Qin Yining shook his head and said, "It's nothing, where did you see Governor Yang?" ”

"Let's go to the front room. There's a screen right there. ”

Qin Yining laughed again and followed Xiao Xiao to the front hall.

Xiao Xiao personally put a chair behind the screen, spread a thick cushion, and took the big puff off his shoulder and surrounded her in front of him. Only then did he walk to the middle of the hall and said, "Please Governor Yang." ”

"Yes." Outside the hall, Huzi immediately called someone to invite Governor Yang's mansion to come.

At this time, Governor Yang's face was flushed, his brows were tightly locked with anger, and his whole body seemed to be roasted by fire.

The time spent waiting outside the Qin Mansion did not calm him down, but only aroused his anger even more.

Even if Xiao Zhixi is the commander of the Pingnan Army and the god of war who everyone knows, in his eyes, he is just a guy in a worrying situation. He himself has been jealous of the saint, and he is full of flaws, but he doesn't know the inspection yet, and he is still swaggering in the old capital, so he is not afraid that he will join him and the saint will take him down directly?

It is precisely because of this confidence that Governor Yang has more contempt for Xiao Xiao, and the greater his confidence in this trip.

When the following people came to lead him to the front hall, Governor Yang was straight, suppressing his anger, and his steps were as hard as if he was about to stomp the green bricks on the ground to vent his anger.

"Lord Wang, Governor Yang has arrived."

Huzi made a sound inside, and opened the curtain for Governor Yang's mansion with a smile.

Governor Yang's mansion was not as good as inside, and when he saw the young man sitting lazily eating tea in the first place, he didn't salute and greet, and directly asked: "How can the prince be so insidious, and he actually cheats me like this!" ”

Xiao Xiao didn't seem to notice Governor Yang's anger, and stood up with a smile, "Hey, Governor Yang, please sit down, don't be angry, anger hurts your body." ”

Qin Yining behind the screen looked out through the gap in the carving, and saw that one of Yang Zhifu's faces had turned even redder, making people wonder if he could faint in the blink of an eye.

Yang Zhifu was furious, forced his temperament to sit down in the guest seat, saw the next person serving tea, took it up and poured a sip, who knew that the tea in the entrance was piping hot, and he spit out the tea back into the tea bowl at once, and wanted to blow the wind to cool down his tongue, and next to his own identity, he wanted to hold the shelf here. I can only endure it with a strained face.

Xiao Xiao didn't seem to notice the embarrassment of Governor Yang's mansion, and hurriedly said with concern: "Is the tea too hot?" How do these stupid things behave! ”

The owl reprimanded outside, and the maidservants hurriedly knelt down to plead guilty.

Governor Yang didn't have the heart to pay attention to these, waved his hand and said, "It's okay." Then he said: "This mansion and the prince have never known each other, and they have never had a grudge, why does the prince frame me like this today!" ”

"What frame-up?" Xiao Xiao said in astonishment: "Is there any misunderstanding in Governor Yang's mansion?" How has this king ever framed you? ”

"Then what does the prince mean? Today, in front of the public, such a difficult problem was thrown to me, isn't that called framing! ”

Xiao Xiao said helplessly: "Is there any misunderstanding in Governor Yang's idea?" Shouldn't you be responsible for preparing the military salaries of the Pingnan Army? ”

In one sentence, when the prefect Yang said that when the saint ordered him to raise his own funds, he had already handed over the issue of the military salary of the Pingnan Army to the local finance.

"But don't forget, the prince has no taxes now!"

"Hey, what can I do? The war in the north is tense, and the saint is now busy fighting the Tartars, and he is beyond the reach of the south, so he can't do it. Since we are watching from the court and eating the king, shouldn't we worry about the king? ”

"You!" Governor Yang said angrily, "Don't talk nonsense, you know that what I'm talking about is not this!" The prince is now the generalissimo of Pingnan, and you are now responsible for the entire Pingnan army, do you still have to hand over the preparation of food and salary to me? What's more, the Pingnan Army still owed a huge amount of three million taels of silver before, and I didn't borrow this silver, so why should I pay it back now? What are you not a pit man? ”

"Hey, it turns out that Governor Yang also thinks this is a pit person." Xiao Xiao spread his hands and said helplessly, "That's how the Sitong number came to pit the king." ”

Governor Yang's face turned purple, his lips trembled, and he didn't say anything for a long time.

"Dare you to be cheated, so you came to trap me?!"

Xiao Xiao shook his head and sighed, saying that he was helpless, and leaned over to help come up with an idea: "Governor Yang, don't be angry." Today, in front of the people, you have already taken the responsibility. Even if you don't think about it for the soldiers of the Pingnan Army, why do you have to think about your official reputation, you have promised to repay the three million taels of silver, if you don't do it at this time, people outside may not say anything about you. ”

"When did I agree, you forced me!"

Xiao Xiao pretended to be pondering, and then smiled: "Why don't you go and find the shopkeeper of the Sitong number?" Governor Yang and the people of Sitong should be very familiar, right? ”

As soon as these words came out, Qin Yining behind the screen also leaned forward and looked carefully at the expression of Governor Yang outside.

Governor Yang seemed to be taken aback, and came back to his senses in the blink of an eye and said, "Where did you start with this?" ”

Xiao Xiao smiled and said: "Don't be nervous about Governor Yang, this king is just speculating, you are the prefect, you don't even know what many local merchants do, right?" If you really don't know, isn't it a remiss on your part?

"I believe that with the loyalty of Governor Yang to the Holy Lord, he will never allow this kind of thing to happen. And the talent of Governor Yang will not be derelict in this kind of dereliction of duty. Then inside and outside the Sitong number, Yang Zhifu must find out clearly, and will acquiesce to the people in the Pingnan army to borrow money from the Sitong number.

"This king is a newcomer, and he is not familiar with the people of Sitong, but you are different. Why don't you go and make accommodations with the Sitong number, and wait a few years for the government to stabilize and the treasury is abundant, and then pay back the money? ”

Governor Yang's hands trembled with anger.

What a loyal prince is waiting for him here!

Yang Zhifu was uneasy for a while, and he was a little worried, but he suppressed all his worries, and became even more disgusted and angry with Xiao Xiao, gritting his teeth and saying: "Where do I know the people with the Sitong number!" Don't take it for granted! ”

"Don't you recognize? This king doesn't think so. He shook his head regretfully, "Then the king has no other way." The matter of repaying the money still depends on the prefect, and if you do things, the king can still rest assured. ”

Governor Yang suddenly got up and glared at Xiao Xiao angrily: "It's not the silver owed by this mansion, why should you pay it back from this mansion!" ”

Xiao Xiao also lost his patience to tease a child, stood up slowly, and said lazily: "This king also wants to ask, if it is not the silver owed by this king, why should this king pay it back?" Why don't you go back and help this king ask the shopkeeper of the Sitong number? ”

Governor Yang's heart jumped, but he didn't show any expression on his face, he just said angrily: "If you are a prefect, you will be treated like this, then this prefect will not do it!" ”

He is a magistrate, and his appointment is not what a little prince says, if he insists on not daring, he will not be able to deal with him, and he will not be able to explain to the saint when it spreads.

It was because Yang Zhifu was very confident in his own move, just waiting to see how Xiao Xiao succumbed, and then the pressure of three million taels of silver would be thrown to Xiao Xiao, he wanted to see where this legendary god of war prince had the ability to repay his debts.

However, what Governor Yang never expected was that Xiao Xiao agreed without hesitation.

"Okay, since Governor Yang feels that it is so difficult to do what he does, this king will not force it, Governor Yang might as well hand over the official seal, and this king will think of a way to explain it to you."

Governor Yang immediately froze in place.

Don't be a prefect anymore?

He lit the lamp and boiled oil for so many years, and finally got out of the way, became the prefect, and accumulated contacts, is it necessary to give up the power that he came to because of such things?

If you don't talk about power, the people behind him alone will not forgive him for what he did.

Xiao Xiao walked in front of Governor Yang with a smile, and said, "Isn't Governor Yang too surprised?" Do you want this king to send someone to get the official seal? Then you don't have to trouble Governor Yang's family,"

Governor Yang's eyelids jumped, and it took a long time to squeeze out a sentence: "No." ”

Listening to his stiff stone-like voice, Xiao Xiao couldn't help laughing: "That's right." This king knows that Yang Zhifu is a good official with responsibility. No matter who owes the debt, as long as you get to Governor Yang's mansion, you can think of a way on the spot. Since Governor Yang doesn't want to hand over the official seal and wants to continue to be the prefect, is it natural for Lord Yang to do something within his own scope to share the worries of the saint? ”

Governor Yang gritted his teeth and said, "Yes." ”

"Okay, refreshed!" Xiao Xiao stroked his palms and smiled: "Since this is the case, then please Governor Yang carefully, hurry up and return that large amount of silver, this king is waiting for your good news in the mansion." ”

Good news?

Governor Yang pursed his lips, and he walked away without looking back.

At this time, Xiao Xiao did not forget to sigh with emotion: "Governor Yang is really dedicated to the people, and such a difficult burden will have to be shouldered by himself now." is still in such a hurry to go back and find a way, it is really rare to see a good official. ”

Yang Zhifu, who was about to walk out of the door, stumbled under his feet, and used all his perseverance to prevent himself from quarreling with Xiao Xiao again.

Qin Yining walked out behind the screen, with an unfinished smile on his face, and took Xiao Xiao's hand and said, "I didn't expect the prince to be so cheeky." ”